XAU/USD kisses $1,880 after a sheer recovery amid softer US yields
Share: Gold price has touched $1,880.00 amid a recovery in the risk-on market mood. Softer US yields are weighing on the USD Index despite hawkish Fed bets. Gold price is auctioning in a re-distribution episode in Wyckoff’s markdown phase. Gold price (XAU/USD) has refreshed its day’s high above $1,880.00 in the Asian session. The gold […]
AUD/USD declines towards 0.6900 as Fed policymakers sound hawkish on rate guidance
Share: AUD/USD is eyeing more weakness to near 0.6900 amid hawkish Fed policymakers’ guidance. Fed Waller cited the battle to reach the 2% inflation target “might be a long fight”. The Australian Dollar will dance to the tunes of China’s inflation data. The AUD/USD pair has gauged an intermediate cushion around 0.6920 in […]
US President Biden urges congress to pass his proposed billionaire minimum tax
Share: US President Joe Biden is delivering his second State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress at the Capitol on Wednesday. Key quotes Committed to work with China where it can advance American interests and benefit the world. If China’s threatens US sovereignty, US will act to protect the […]
GBP/USD bulls move in from the lows of a significant daily drop
Share: A busy week ahead for GBP/USD with domestic growth and central bank speakers. GBP/USD bulls are attempting to correct the US Dollar’s strength. On the daily chart, the 38.2% Fibonacci is around the psychological 1.2150 area. GBP/USD is flat on the day at 1.2025 so far as we enter the Tokyo session […]
US inflation expectations probe greenback bulls
As markets await Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell’s reaction to the recently hawkish US data, sluggish inflation expectations seem to challenge the US Dollar Index (DXY) bulls during early Monday in Asia, following a two-day rebound from the multi-month low. That said, the US inflation expectations per the 10-year and 5-year breakeven inflation rates […]
USD to be on a choppy path amid unresolved uncertainties – HSBC
The US Dollar will likely weaken anew when uncertainties about the Fed, the US economy’s landing and China’s recovery resolve, in the view of economists at HSBC. Gap between the Fed’s guidance and the market’s less hawkish perspective remains in place “We think the path of the USD is likely to remain choppy in the […]
USD Index extends the upside north of 102.00 ahead of ISM
The index picks up extra pace after another solid NFP print. The US labour market shows no signs of weakness so far. The US economy added far more jobs than predicted. The greenback adds to the optimism seen in the second half of the week and lifts the USD Index (DXY) back above the 102.00 […]
US Dollar to weaken this year, with periods of volatility and bouts of strength – MUFG
The US Dollar Index (DXY) weakened further in January after a sharp sell-off in Q4 last year. Economists at MUFG Bank see a weaker USD but do not expect a linear straight-line weakening trend. Weaker USD as Fed hiking work nearly complete “The lion’s share of the tightening has now been completed by the Fed […]
USD Index appears depressed post-Fed, breaches 101.00
The index drops to 10-month lows near 100.80. The dollar remains on the defensive post-FOMC event. Initial Claims, Factory Orders next of note in the docket. The greenback, in terms of the USD Index (DXY), adds to the weekly leg lower and breaks below the 101.00 support to print new 10-month lows on Thursday. USD […]
XAU/USD bulls could emerge ahead of Federal Reserve
Gold price hourly chart shows that the price is being jammed into the lows of the day. Gold price could see a short squeeze for the day ahead as traders get set for the Federal Reserve. The Gold price has drifted lower for a third day and is testing structure as we head towards key […]